Heater support



H. E. GOVE.

HEATER suPPoRT.4 APPLICATION FILED OCT- 3. 1921.

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APPLICATION FILED 0CT.3, 192i.

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Manara Applicatoniled October 3, 1921. K Serial No. 504,932.

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' citizen of the United States, residing at Fond du Lac, in the countyof Fond du Lac and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Heater Supports; and l do declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention7 such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same. y

My invention has for its object to provide an extremely simple andinexpensive, yet a highly eiicient means for supporting the well knowncharcoal heaters in freight cars, refrigerator cars and the like. y

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter hereinafter described and claimed, the descriptive matter beingsupplementedy by the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a refrigerator car with oneof its doors swung open, showing the use of my invention for mounting aheater upon the door.

Figure 2 is a sectional view as indicated by line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the heater supporting bracket.

- Figure 5 is a front elevation of the brackety shown in Figure 4. n

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the supportingbracket.

Figure 7 is a plan view of the bracing ring.` for the heater.

Figure S is an edge view of the ring shown in Fig,

ln the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 1` designates aportion of a refrigerating car, provided with a pairof hinged outwardlyswinging doors 2. l prefer to attach my improved heater supporting meansto one of these doors, so that, when the latter is swung open, theheater will be readily accessible.

The numeral 3 designates a bracket which is detachably mounted on one ofthe doors 2 to support the weight of an ordinary charcoal or otherheater lil, while. the numeral 3a has reference to a bracing ring spacedabove the bracket 3 andalso secured detachably to the door, said ringbeing adapted to surround the upper portion of the heater4 as shown andthereby securely hold it in prosition upon the bracket 3.

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The bracket 3 includesa pair of horizontal. bars 4. having their rearends bent downwardly at 5 kto be detachably mounted on the door 2 orother suitable support, the

front ends of said bars being bent upwardly to provide a pair of heaterengaging fingers 6. A pair of crossed bars 7 have theirend portionsextending across the horizontal bars 4 and secured thereto by rivets orthe like 8, the outer ends of said bars 7 being bent upwardly at 9 toprovide additional heater holding lingers which cooperate with thelingers 6 in properly retaining the heater H upon the bracket. Bypositioning the bars 7 diagonally as shown `most clearly in Fig. 4, notonly do they provide for effectively supporting the center of the heaterbottom against possible sagging, but they form efficient braces forholding I"the bars 4 in proper relation with each other and preventingany side whipping of these bars as the car is in motion.

` Extending from the` horizontal bars 4 to their downwardly turned ends5, are brace bars 10 whose lower ends turn downwardly, said lower endsand the ends 5 being jointly formed with vertical notches 11 adapted toreceive cap screws 12 driven into vthe door 2. The upper portions of thebar ends 5 are formed with vertical slots 13 and hooks 14 carried by thedoor are adapted to be passed through said slots and turned downwardly,whereby to secure the o bracket 3 detachably to the door. In hotweather, when the use of the heater H is not necessary, the bracket 3,may be readily detached from the door by turning the hook 14 intoalineinent with the slot 13, moving the upper portion of the bracketoutwardly from the door, and thenk bodily lifting the entire bracketfrom thek cap screws 12.

The ring 3 is formed of front and rear sections 15 and 16 respectively,said sections being hingedvtogether at one end and having an. adjustableoverlapping connection 18 at their lother ends. A pair of arms 19 aresecured to and extend rearwardly from the rear section-16, the rear endsof said arms being bent outwardly at 20 for detachable connection withthe vdoor or the like 2Q The ring 3 is vertically alined with the heaterengaging portion of the bracket 8 and when said ring is clamped aroundthe upper portion of the heater, it will rigidly hold the latter inplace upon the bracket. l

The invention is simple and. inexpensive,

yet has proven to be very effectivev and in every -way desirable, andsince excellent results may be obtained from the details disclosed, theyare preferably followed. l wish it understood, however, that within thescope o the invention as Claimed, numer. ous minor changes may be made.

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A supporting bracket for ear heaters com- 10 prising a pair of parallelhorizontal hars bent downwardly at their rear ends for atmy hand. ERANSOM E. GOVF.'

